trăng
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Vietnamese blang, from Proto-Vietic *b-laŋ. Probably related to Proto-Austronesian *bulaN (“moon”), compare Malay bulan, Javanese wulan, Tagalog buan and Malagasy volana; or to Proto-Tai *ɓlɯənᴬ (“moon”), compare Thai เดือน (dʉʉan), Shan လိူၼ် (lǒen), Saek เบรี๋ยน and Zhuang ndwen.